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Lowest SME-access ratio

Contracting authorities ranked by SME-access ratio (pooled SME awards ÷ SME bids), lowest first, as recorded in the OGP award data. Limited to authorities with at least 5 awards carrying published SME bid counts.

#	Authority	SME-access ratio	SME-bid awards	Awards
1	Grangegorman Development Agency	0.09	11 of 57	57
2	personal-injuries-resolution-board	0.10	14 of 28	28
3	st-michael-s-house	0.12	6 of 14	14
4	Residential Tenancies Board	0.12	10 of 25	25
5	safefood	0.15	5 of 29	29
6	charities-regulator	0.15	5 of 13	13
7	Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority	0.15	6 of 10	10
8	the-pensions-authority	0.15	9 of 39	39
9	trocaire	0.15	7 of 51	51
10	National Shared Services Office	0.15	24 of 32	32
11	Health Insurance Authority	0.16	17 of 24	24
12	valuation-office	0.17	7 of 23	23
13	National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh	0.18	9 of 18	18
14	The Teaching Council	0.18	17 of 42	42
15	Limerick Twenty Thirty DAC	0.18	7 of 33	33
16	ombudsman-for-children-s-office	0.18	8 of 48	48
17	Western Care Association	0.18	5 of 20	20
18	Skillnet Ireland	0.18	39 of 70	70
19	Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA)	0.18	65 of 84	84
20	irish-human-rights-and-equality-commission	0.19	6 of 38	38
21	An Post	0.19	191 of 410	410
22	royal-irish-academy	0.19	5 of 25	25
23	Irish Museum of Modern Art	0.19	6 of 17	17
24	Dundalk Institute of Technology	0.20	19 of 124	124
25	EirGrid plc	0.20	205 of 294	294
26	chief-state-solicitor-s-office	0.20	6 of 19	19
27	Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Ltd	0.20	20 of 92	92
28	The Health Research Board	0.20	88 of 179	179
29	The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI - the Pharmacy Regulator)	0.20	15 of 26	26
30	IDA Ireland	0.21	98 of 472	472
31	Tourism Ireland CLG	0.21	55 of 129	129
32	Peter McVerry Trust	0.21	8 of 44	44
33	Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC)	0.21	20 of 65	65
34	an-coimisiun-pleanala	0.21	9 of 30	30
35	cluid-housing-association	0.21	45 of 187	187
36	Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman	0.21	28 of 39	39
37	uisce-eireann	0.21	8 of 233	233
38	Dublin Port Company	0.21	17 of 62	62
39	fis-eireann-screen-ireland	0.21	17 of 37	37
40	office-of-the-president	0.21	6 of 15	15

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Contains Irish Public Sector Data licensed under a CC BY 4.0 licence. Computed deterministically from the Office of Government Procurement contract-award records published ondata.gov.ie. Rankings are recorded facts from the award data, not commentary. Generated 2026-08-02.